And the midwife went in and said unto Mary: Order thyself, for there is no small contention arisen concerning thee. And Salome made trial and cried out and said: Woe unto mine iniquity and mine unbelief, because I have tempted the living God, and lo, my hand falleth away from me in fire. And she bowed her knees unto the Lord, saying: O God of my fathers, remember that I am the seed of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob: make me not a public example unto the children of Israel, but restore me unto the poor, for thou knowest, Lord, that in thy name did I perform my cures, and did receive my hire of thee.The italicized words are from the LXX Greek version of Isa. vii, which we render, ‘Is it a small thing for you to weary men?’ Immediately after is the prophecy, ‘Behold, a virgin shall conceive,’ &c., which accounts for the employment of the phrase here.